Topic: Peter Defazio

Oregon Congressmen Work To Restore Timber Payments

By Bryan Navarro. . . . . . Millions of dollars from the federal government for forest lands protected from logging are no longer being paid out...
Share Local salmon fishermen are still looking for disaster relief dollars after several bad fishing years. Trollers met for a brainstorming...

Democrats revive financial transaction tax idea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new tax on financial transactions would be imposed under legislation unveiled on Wednesday by two Democratic congressmen, refocusing attention on an idea that has so far gained little traction.With the G20 expected to resume its transaction tax debate ...

Obama, Pelosi rumors untrue

0 . One of the more persistent Internet and e-mail rumors making the rounds is that President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are cooking up a...
A group of lawmakers had threatened to oppose President Barack Obama's health overhaul bill because of a dispute over Medicare payments to some doctors and hospitals.But the group's leader says the problem has been settled.Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore ...

How the Government Fudges Job Statistics

In the Marketplace letters segment yesterday, Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) took issue with me saying that infrastructure investment is an extremely expensive way of creating jobs and " However, I was distressed last Friday to hear a purported expert guest, Reuters blogger Felix ...

Job-creating bill could cost up to $200 billion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job-creating legislation taking shape in the U.S. Congress could carry a price tag of $75 billion to $200 billion with much of that funded by leftover bank-bailout money, House Democrats said on Tuesday.The rough estimate by those crafting ...
FINANCIAL STOCKS SUDDENLY TUMBLED in the last hour of trading Thursday, seemingly without cause. Thrown into the hopper was a bill proposing a new tax on stock and derivatives transactions by Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, a ...

Obama's agenda runs into economic angst in Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is paying a price for a recession that began before he took office, and fellow Democrats have started to balk at his legislative agenda and demand greater efforts to create jobs.Some liberal Democrats even want Obama ...

Highway funds decline, Congress seeks new sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Funding for U.S. highway repairs has been declining for years, but with another shortfall in the trust account for the country's roads and bridges looming, and with the law authorizing that account set to expire soon, lawmakers are ...